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Gardening with the RHS

Rewilding Small Spaces

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4654 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Today’s show focuses on specific ways we can rewild gardens. We’re exploring how we can intervene in space spaces to create dynamic habitats – without using herds of free-roaming animals. Isabella Tree, co-author of The Book of Wilding and one of the foremost rewilding experts in the UK, chats about her own experiences rewilding her estate and her top tips for getting into a wilder mindset. We’re then shifting gears a bit – turning away from specific practices, to look at some of the fauna pivotal to our natural ecosystems. We visit RHS Garden Wisley to hear the curious case of the roman snail colony there. And finally, we catch up with Lloyd of the Flies Creator Matt Walker and RHS Entomologist Andy Salisbury to learn about the new family-friendly insect trails across all of our gardens.  Links: The Book of Wilding Roman Snails at Wisley Summer holiday fun at RHS Gardens

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0:00.0

Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.

0:06.4

Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance to delight your senses.

0:13.2

Inspire your gardening adventures and entertain your own little stars.

0:17.4

Race you, let's go.

0:19.5

Catch Springs finest scenes while you can at an RHS garden near you.

0:24.0

Book tickets online for discounts, plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.

0:29.8

Back in 2019, I heard about this new book called Wilding, and it was all over the place.

0:35.4

Newspaper articles were talking about it, friends were talking about it,

0:38.9

and reading it really changed my view of the world.

0:44.4

And it's inspiring to see how it captures a lot of other people's imagination too.

0:49.6

But something that surprised me is seeing it translated to gardening over the past couple of years.

0:54.8

When I heard about rewilding, I was never sure what role it could play in horticulture, how it could fit with gardening.

1:01.0

It seemed like something that maybe happened on a big scale.

1:04.5

You know, how do you translate something that is to do with animals and ecosystems into a very domestic setting where you don't have the space

1:12.8

and you don't have the biodiversity. But as time has gone on though, I think my view has

1:18.4

shifted and I think it's really heartening to see gardeners getting into a genuinely wilder mindset

1:24.7

and allowing natural processes to unfold in the gardens, but still caring for

1:28.9

their gardens, still looking after the land.

1:32.0

And that's the main focus of today's show. We'll be looking at specific ways we can

1:36.4

rewild our gardens. We're focusing on small spaces that don't have anywhere near the room

1:40.9

for herds of free roaming animals to manage the landscape and create

1:44.5

dynamic habitats. It's all about how we make do with what we've got. So joining me today is

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